Creepy, interesting, and real: a short links roundup

  • "Let the unicorn rebranding movement begin with me," says Dieselsweeties creator R. Stevens. Why do we think of these projectile-enabled beasts as elfin accessories, or fairy vectors? They have spears coming out of their heads, ffs. They're WARRIOR STALLIONS.

    R. Stevens has created some "warrior stallion" iPhone wallpaper, for friends of BoingBoing (320 x 480) and computer desktop wallpaper in the same manly theme (1600 x 1200): Link.

  • Guy changes his middle name to "Megatron": Link
  • Meet the zorse, offspring of a zebra and a horse: Link.
  • No ice, no cold — but seal clubbing is apparently quite popular in Namibia: Link
  • Speaking of clubbing… Tiesto cancelled, Bahrainians rioted: Link (via)
  • T-shirts: "Free Hans Reiser!" (coder, accused murderer)
  • "It is time, indeed long past time, to update Billy Joel's classic song We Didn't Start The Fire." Link to Times Online (UK) contest.
  • Guy in China dies after battery (probably a knockoff) on his Motorola phone explodes in chest pocket: Link.
  • With the power of crocheting, discarded VHS tapes become fashionable purses: Link.
  • Lady with no hands sues McDonalds after two locations refuse to serve her at drive-in window: Link.
  • Price of machetes in Nigeria drops after elections. Thugs hired by politicians no longer need as many with which to threaten voters: Link.
  • Your mom would LOVE this Osama bin Laden tattoo on your arm: Link.

    (thanks, Laird, Greg, Kris, Bonnie, John Hutchison, Patrick Hirlehey, Vikram, Rico_Pico!).

    Reader comment: J. Froman says,

    Guy changes his middle name to megatron? Big Deal. Last name to megatron, way cooler. First name to Sunshine? not sure. Link. This is the guy who owns tshirthell.com, too. Link.